Firewall help

[Walt]

Wanted to check firewall in my XP. Went to Network
Connection, right click on dial-up, click properties and
nothing happens. Clicked on "Change settings..."over on
the left of screen, still nothing. What's wrong? Tnanks.

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

"What's wrong?" The answer, I'm afraid, is that you're using AOL.

You'll either need to find a 3rd party firewall that is compatible
with AOL, or switch to a real ISP that is compatible with the real
Internet..

AOL is an on-line content provider that ignores international
Internetworking standards in favor of its own proprietary products,
and has deliberately made its connection software incompatible with
both WinXP's built-in firewall and WinXP's Internet Connection Sharing
feature. AOL's proprietary connection applet is deliberately designed
to preclude your setting/adjusting any of its properties, to include
enabling/disabling WinXP's ICF and ICS.


Bruce Chambers

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"Walt" > wrote in message
...
> Wanted to check firewall in my XP. Went to Network
> Connection, right click on dial-up, click properties and
> nothing happens. Clicked on "Change settings..."over on
> the left of screen, still nothing. What's wrong? Tnanks.